Geek careers push into top 10 of best jobs list

The Wall Street Journal has posted up a list of 200 jobs which class as the best to worst in 2009. Top of the charts is an Actuary who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. They can earn anything up to $161,000 a year with the starting salary being $49,000.

Positions two and three definitely class as geek jobs. Number two is Software Engineer with a starting salary of $54,000 going up to $129,000. Third is Computer Systems Analyst starting out on $45,000 and rising to $118,000. Other geek jobs that appear in the top 50 include Technical Writer at 13, Web Developer at 15, and Computer Programmer at 34.